Beyonce Knowles Lawsuit for PlagiarizingThe song
“Dangerously In Love” presented on Beyonce Knowles album published in
February 2003 seems to have created a bit of trouble for her.
Fans should refrain from sending their favorite artists words or music
because it's so easy, and however inadvertent it may be they sometimes show
up in the artist's music. Sure, words and combinations of musical notes are
free, but how do you prove that two people didn't come up with the exact
same things? The most difficult thing to prove is a negative.
It happens and each finds themselves claiming they are the originators in a
court room. Such an incident took place when a singer-songwriter, Jennifer
Armour submitted a demo of her song to Beyonce entitled “Got A Little Bit Of
Love For You” way back in 2003. Armour claims Beyonce ripped her off in one
of Beyonce's own “originals”.
Upon hearing the courts decision Beyonce said: “It's unfortunate that
lawsuits occur, but I am grateful and relieved to have this one behind me
and am eager to move on.”
Those who produce a “product” of any kind and blithely send them off to
another hoping to sell the item should understand that a similar sound, or
similar words to a song, can be used when several words are changed or in
different positions, but resemble, or give the exact meaning. They are not
considered plagiarized.
With the English language we often do say exactly the same statements as
many others, Our every utterance is not protected by law, or a chance to
enter a courtroom. Anything one wants to spread around to others who desire
to make it their own must copyright it before sending it anywhere for their
protection and anyone who seemingly copies it needs to change the words or
the notes to some degree in order to use them.
It's a tough decision no matter what, and which love song is different and
not repetitious? Plagiarism must consist of copying the exact same
phraseology before it can be call plagiarized. And to save oneself from
plagiarism, but copy something word for word, or note for note, they must
give credit to the real originator publicly and by name, and perhaps pay a
fee to the original composer for so doing. But, perhaps the safest method is
to receive permission from the originator for the use in the beginning.
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